Classical Music in 2017 The year in statistics
In 2017 BACHTRACK.COM listed 31,862 performances
17,741 concert 10,076 opera 4,045 dance performances performances performances
Top 6 Concert Composers, ranked by performance numbers
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Mozart Beethoven Bach Brahms Schubert Tchaikovsky
Top contemporary composers, ranked by performance
1 2 3 Arvo Pärt, still no. 1 but John Adams up 4 John Williams down down from 46 to 49 from 69 to 53 Philip Glass down from 53 to 54 from 51 to 56
How patriotic is your country?
13% UK 6%
USA 14.5% 5% 25.6% Germany 19.6% 24.6% Austria 12.6% 10.4% Spain 1.2% 17% France 8.3%
0 0 0 0 0 Percentage of concerts containing music by native composers Average percentage of concerts containing music by composers from this country
What period of the national repertoire is most cherished within that country?
Austria
France
Germany
Spain
UK
Early Baroque Classical Romantic 20th Century Contemporary
Anniversaries make countries play more of their own music. A case study: the Leonard Bernstein effect on USA
16%
12%
8%
4%
2014 2015 2016 2017 Percentage of music by USA composers played inside the USA Average percentage of music by USA composers performed outside the USA
The Anniversary effect
Bernstein (2018) up from no. 43 to 27 Max Reger (2016) Monteverdi (2017) up from no. 60 to 31 down from no. 37 to 58 Telemann (2017) up from no. 55 to 37
Where do the women stand?
Top 100 conductors Top 100 composers
Busiest female concert conductors Women in the top 100 composers=NIL
5 Women in top 100 conductors: Top female contemporary composers 13. JoAnn Falletta 14. Sofia Gubaidulina 49.= Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Marin Alsop 16. Kaija Saariaho 64. Xian Zhang 26. Sally Beamish 69. Susanna Mälkki
WORKS WORKS Going up in popularity Going down in popularity Mussorgsky, Pictures at Exhibition Beethoven, Egmont Overture Stravinsky, Le Sacre du printemps Brahms, Piano Concerto no.1 Stravinsky, The Firebird suite Wagner, Siegfried's Idyll Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major Walton, Cello Concerto Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 4 Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 2 Shostakovich, Symphony no. 5 in D minor Saint-Saens, Organ Symphony Respighi, Fountains of Rome Elgar, Cello Concerto Bartók, Miraculous Mandarin: suite Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra
OPERA WORKS Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice Strauss II, Die Fledermaus Beethoven, Fidelio Giordano, Andrea Chénier Donizetti, L’elisir d’amore Mozart, Die Zauberflöte Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana
Which country performs the most Romantic period opera?
Italy
Spain
Hungary
Russia
Australia
USA
Germany
France
Sweden
UK
Austria
Netherlands
Switzerland
25% 50% 75% 100% Romantic Contemporary 20th C Classical Baroque Early
Opera composers with the largest increase expressed as a percentage of all opera performances
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky Rimsky-Korsakov
Top Composers ranking from position 7 in 2017, by number of performances
2017 2016 2015 2014 7 Haydn 1128 1047 986 824 8 Schumann 1105 1211 852 871 9 Handel 966 960 976 1000 10 Ravel 966 966 852 930 11 Mendelssohn 959 1009 809 871 12 Debussy 950 840 744 627 13 Rachmaninov 941 851 737 831 14 Chopin 881 1169 891 736 15 Dvořák 863 1000 766 880 16 Shostakovich 859 859 748 701 17 Strauss II 814 709 595 306 18 Vivaldi 757 709 607 721 19 Mahler 748 715 574 499 20 Strauss 732 796 728 1191 21 Stravinsky 701 615 568 557
Top 10 Opera works by title
2017 2016 2015
Die Zauberflöte 361 Die Zauberflöte 294 La traviata 319 La traviata 317 Le nozze di Figaro 293 Le nozze di Figaro 211 Carmen 291 La bohème 269 Carmen 196 La bohème 279 Carmen 260 Die Zauberflöte 172 Madama Butterfly 266 La traviata 257 Madama Butterfly 167 Tosca 248 Don Giovanni 225 La bohème 162 Don Giovanni 223 Madama Butterfly 221 Don Giovanni 142 Le nozze di Figaro 171 Il barbiere di Siviglia 201 Rigoletto 136 Rigoletto 165 Così fan tutte 163 Tosca 135 Il barbiere di Siviglia 147 Tosca 149 Il barbiere di Siviglia 124
Top 10 dance and ballet works by title
2017 2016 2015
The Nutcracker 361 The Nutcracker 294 The Nutcracker 319 The Red Shoes 317 Swan Lake 293 Swan Lake 211 Swan Lake 291 Romeo and Juliet 269 Romeo and Juliet 196 An American in Paris 279 Giselle 260 Don Quixote 172 Cinderella 266 The Sleeping Beauty 257 Edward Scissorhands 167 Giselle 248 Le Corsaire 225 Giselle 162 The Sleeping Beauty 223 Don Quixote 221 Serenade 142 Casanova 171 The Snowman (Blake) 201 La Bayadère 136 Don Quixote 165 Coppélia (Delibes) 163 The Sleeping Beauty 135 Romeo and Juliet 147 La Bayadère 149 Theme and Variations 124
Who were the busiest performers in 2017?
Concert Conductors Conductors of all genres Orchestras worldwide 1. Yannick Nézet-Séguin (80) 1. Philippe Jordan (97) 1. New York Philharmonic (135) 2. Andris Nelsons (79) 2. Valery Gergiev (92) 2. Chicago Symphony (116) 3. Alan Gilbert (73) 3.= Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sir 3. San Francisco Symphony (115) 4. Herbert Blomstedt (71) Antonio Pappano (89) 4. Berliner Philharmoniker (112) 5. Vasily Petrenko (67) 5. Koen Kessels, (87) 5. Royal Philharmonic (103) 6. Daniel Barenboim (65) 6.= Andris Nelsons, Sir Simon 6. Nordwestdeutsche 7.= Christoph Eschenbach, Rattle (84) Philharmonie (102) Andrés Orozco-Estrada (64) 8.= Paolo Carignani, Jakub 7. Bournemouth Symphony (97) 9. Jakub Hrůša (63) Hrůša (81) 8. Los Angeles Philharmonic (94) 10.= Valery Gergiev, Riccardo 10. Daniel Barenboim (78) 9.= Philadelphia Orchestra, Wiener Muti, Sir Simon Rattle (62) Philharmoniker (91)
UK Orchestras performing concerts US orchestras 1. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (103) 1. New York Philharmonic (135) 2. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (97) 2. Chicago Symphony Orchestra (116) 3. The Hallé (90) 3. San Francisco Symphony (115) 4. Philharmonia Orchestra (83) 4. Los Angeles Philharmonic (94) 5. Royal Scottish National Orchestra (80) 5. Philadelphia Orchestra (91) 6. London Symphony Orchestra (78) 6. Boston Symphony Orchestra (87) 7. CBSO (64) 7. The Cleveland Orchestra (77) 8. RLPO (60) 8. National Symphony Orchestra (65) 9. Scottish Chamber Orchestra (58) 9. Seattle Symphony Orchestra (60) 10. London Philharmonic Orchestra (43) 10. Houston Symphony (58)
Opera Houses Dance companies 1. Hungarian State Opera (239) 1. Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris (180) 2. Wiener Staatsoper (220) 2. Matthew Bourne's New Adventures (149) 3. Metropolitan Opera (209) 3. Birmingham Royal Ballet (137) 4. Opéra de Paris (206) 4. New York City Ballet (136) 5. Opera Australia (199) 5. English National Ballet (131) 6. Mariinsky Opera (193) 6. Royal Ballet (106) 7. Bayerische Staatsoper (170) 7. Northern Ballet (99) 8. Bolshoi Opera (167) 8. San Francisco Ballet (95) 9. Zurich Opera (161) 9.= American Ballet Theatre, Hungarian 10. Oper Frankfurt (160) National Ballet (90)
Who were the busiest instrumentalists?
Pianists Violinists Cellists 1. Dénes Várjon (64) 1. Leonidas Kavakos (52) 1. István Várdai (75) 2.= Daniil Trifonov, Yuja Wang (57) 2. Ray Chen (47) 2. Truls Mørk (43) 4.= Leif Ove Andsnes, Sir András 3. Nicola Benedetti (46) 3. Gautier Capuçon (42) Schiff (53) 4.= Joshua Bell, Anne-Sophie 4. Sol Gabetta (41) 6. Emanuel Ax (52) Mutter (44) 5. Daniel Müller-Schott (35) 7. Denis Kozhukhin (49) 6.= Baiba Skride, Christian 6. Jean-Guihen Queyras (32) 8. Jean-Yves Thibaudet (45) Tetzlaff (41) 7. Steven Isserlis (30) 9. Pierre-Laurent Aimard (44) 8.= James Ehnes, Patricia 8. Johannes Moser (28) 10. Kirill Gerstein (43) Kopatchinskaja, Gil Shaham, 9. Alisa Weilerstein (24) Kristóf Baráti (40) 10. Alice Neary (21)
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